The Latest Breaking News from Earth

The year 2025 has not been a great one for U.S.-Chinese relations. Tit-for-tat tariffs and the scramble over rare earth elements has dampened economic relations between the world’s two leading economies. Meanwhile, territorial disputes between China and American allies in the Indo-Pacific region have further deepened the intensifying military rivalry.

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting the Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope, reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) above the Earth’s surface.

With Earth's orbit getting crowded, such incidents highlight the need for better satellite management.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth this week, safely passing at 167m miles. The UN & NASA are tracking it in a live test of global planetary defence systems.

Scientists have discovered a massive, 12.4-mile-thick rock layer beneath the Bermuda Triangle, unlike anything ever found on Earth, challenging geological assumptions.

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will reach its closest point to Earth on December 19, giving astronomers a closer look at the mysterious visitor before it leaves our Solar System forever.

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is making its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19. Learn about the 'reconnaissance mission' theory and the mystery of its anti-tail.

The third-ever interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, makes its closest approach to Earth on Dec 19.

A 2022 astronaut photo shows a thick blanket of snow covering Yellowstone Lake, transforming the frozen body of water into a featureless white void. But below the ice lie some of Earth's hottest hydrothermal vents.